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!! '''Abagail Freemantle'''-> Abagail is God's prophet on Earth and the guide to the main characters. She is a 108-year-old black woman who lives in Nebraska. Almost every main character dreams of her sitting on her porch, playing her guitar, usually directly after they have a disturbing dream about the BigBad.

* OneHundredAndEight: She's 108 years old when the story sets.* BigGood: She's considered to be the symbolic leader of the Boulder region due to her appearing in dreams and being something of the spiritual leader of the area.* CoolOldLady: Over a hundred years and still ticking. She remains to be one of the most interpersonal individuals within the Boulder group, partly because of her faith. * DreamWeaver: In the aftermath of the Captain Tripps plague, she and Flagg start appearing in peoples dreams throughout the holdovers of humanity.%%* FinalSpeech* ISenseADisturbanceInTheForce: Ruby Dee (in the miniseries) even ''looks'' like Yoda, and [[AWizardDidIt she's a prophet]] so it's justified.* MagicalNegro: Played with. Abagail most certainly has supernatural insight and ends up being the emotional and moral center of the BFZ, so much so that the council - which is all white - make sure to give her absolute veto power over any of their decisions, lest it look like they were trying to wrest power from her.** [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted by the very hero-worship outlined above. Her duty's just getting everyone together and pointing the way, but she enjoys the attention so much that she inadvertently indulges in Pride and leads the council astray from their real duty of dealing with Flagg.]]* MeaningfulName: Abagail ''Freemantle''* SacrificialLion: She realizes [[spoiler:she's been putting too much stock into herself rather than God and disappears into the wilderness for a while]]. When she returns, [[spoiler: the group rushing to announce her return saves most of the Boulder council from a bomb planted by Harold]]. The entire incident eventually causes [[her death from starvation, with her return triggering the council inadvertently escaping the bomb]].* WaifProphet: Mother Abagail is so old she verges on a BlindSeer.* WastelandElder: She started put as an old woman living in a field in Kansas. Afterwards, she became a de facto leader for a faction of naturally-immune super-plague survivors that were unambiguously the "good guys".

!! '''Stuart "Stu" Redman'''-> Stu Redman grew up in Arnette, Texas, and was stuck working in a calculator factory to support his brother when his parents died. When the Superflu's Patient Zero crashed into the gas station in his town, Stu was transplanted to a plague control center in Vermont. A redneck with a heart of gold, Stu quickly became a leader among survivors.

* ActionSurvivor: Stu is an aging, regular dude from a lonely part of the country who finds himself wrapped up in, in order: a government cover-up, a post-apocalyptic survivor, rebuilding society, and a climactic battle between good and evil.* {{Cincinnatus}}: Stu is [[DoesNotLikeGuns reluctant to be]] Marshal of the Free Zone, and ultimately [[spoiler:leaves for New England]]. His successor actively ''campaigned'' for the part.* TheEveryman: When it comes down to it, Stu is just a guy from East Texas with very little to set him apart from the WeirdnessCensor that kept him from getting killed during a superflu outbreak.* FistOfRage: When he's talking to Franny after the explosion, and showing his anger toward Harold.* GoodOlBoy: Naturally, as an aging Eastern Texan in the '70's (or '80's, depending on the book edition).* TheGunslinger: First marshal of Boulder.* TheHero: Stu is nominally the hero, as nobody else really falls into the role.%%* HiddenDepths* ISenseADisturbanceInTheForce: Stu (rather unjustifiably) does this in the miniseries.* MeaningfulName: Stu [[NobleSavage Redman]]* OptOut: Stu Redman is forced to do this near the end of the novel due to injury. [[spoiler:It ends up saving his life, and is more than hinted at that ''God'' did this intentionally so the resolution is left unambiguous for the Boulder survivors]].%%* PermaStubble* TheQuietOne: Rarely talks unless it's important. Even {{lampshaded}} when he has to give a speech when Boulder is resettled.* SupportingLeader: In addition to being appointed [[TheGunslinger First Marshall]] of Boulder, he leads the final mission to overthrow the Dark Man. [[spoiler: It turns out he was only sent in order to BringNewsBack about the others' subsequent sacrifice and destruction of Flagg's kingdom.]] See PassingTheTorch on the main page.

!! '''Frances "Frannie" Goldsmith'''-> A college girl, Frannie discovered at the beginning of the book that she had become pregnant with her boyfriend, Jess. She had traveled home to Ogonquit, Maine, to tell her parents when the Superflu hit. Frannie cares most about keeping those she loves, especially her unborn child, safe.

%%* AudienceSurrogate* DaddysGirl: The person she's closest to is her father, and this causes he no small amount of anguish when it finally hits that she's eventually going to have to bury him after he dies from Captain Tripps.* TheChick: The ''only'' feminine member of the team from the group that rebuilds and leads Boulder.* TheDitz: Miniseries only. She's merely hormonal in the book.* GirlNextDoor: A regular girl from the Eastern U.S.* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: She has an unwanted pregnancy, but decides against abortion. * TeamMom: She's the one who tries to diffuse tension from [[FiveManBand the group]], [[spoiler:even if it's at the emotional expense of others, like Harold. This is a plot point]]. Also, ''literally'' as she spends most of the book pregnant with her old boyfriend's child.* MommyIssues: From her neurotic mother, who could be more than a little abusive during certain circumstances.

!! '''Nicholas "Nick" Andros'''-> Nicholas Andros was born deaf-mute, or physically unable to hear or speak. To communicate, he reads lips and writes on a pad of paper. Orphaned at a young age, Nick grew up in an orphanage. He left at age 16 and hitchhiked from town to town, taking odd jobs. Nick was in Shoyo, Arkansas, when the Superflu hit. He cannot understand why people look to him as a leader.

%%* {{Adorkable}}* AndIMustScream: Nick, who is already deaf-mute, nearly has both eyes gouged out by the last surviving human plague victim within a 50-mile radius.* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler:instead of running from the bomb, he tries to ''defuse'' it.]]* DecoyProtagonist Possibly the most protagonistic of the series, [[spoiler: until its subverted during his death three-quarters through the novel. Then again, he does act as a SpiritAdvisor for Tom, so maybe not so subverted]]...%%* DreamWeaver* TheDrifter: He drifted from the age of 16, doing oddjobs to keep himself fed over the years.* EyeScream: The thug who mugs him at his introduction nearly gouges out an eye when he pops back up. Nick eventually heals, though his eye does cause him some discomfort afterwords.%%* TheFettered%%* FieldPromotion%%* FlatEarthAtheist* HandicappedBadass: A deaf-mute who pulls off actions of self-defense and heroism in spite of his handicap.%%* HeroicSacrifice* IdealHero: Especially after [[spoiler:his death]].* ISenseADisturbanceInTheForce: Nick uses this to sense [[spoiler:the bomb]] in the book.* MayorOfAGhostTown: in Shoyo after Captain Tripps runs its course.* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Nick receives one of these in his first scene in the book.%%* SacrificialLion%%* TheSmartGuy* TheSpeechless: As a deaf mute, Nick has to communicate via lip-reading and writing down what he wants to communicate (since he hasn't learned sign language, and most character can't understand it even if he had).%%* TheStoic* TechnicalPacifist: You wouldn't like Nick [[HandicappedBadass when he's angry]].

!! '''Lawson "Larry" Underwood'''-> Larry started off a career as a singer/songwriter but was unsuccessful until his single, ''Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?'' hit it big. He was taken in by people taking advantage of his fame and fortune and traveled to his childhood home in New York City for refuge. Larry is haunted by the words of a woman he slept with, "You ain't no nice guy!" and of his mother, "You're a taker, Larry." He is determined to prove them wrong and terrified that they are right.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: His mom calls him a "taker", which comes back to haunt him many times. To put it in the words of his friend Wayne Stukey, there's "something in [Larry] that's like biting on tinfoil."* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: Larry wasn't a bad guy before the plague but he certainly wasn't pleasant either: a selfish asshole to his friends, a drain on his mother and a short-sighted hedonist when he has his first taste of success. But his long-buried noble qualities rise to the surface after the plague, and he becomes one of the pillars of the survivor community.* BettyAndVeronica: With Lucy and Nadine. An inversion for Nadine, when he serves as the cosmic Betty to Flagg as Veronica. * CelebritySurvivor: Sort of; his first single had become a hit right before the plague wiped out everyone, and soon after everyone has forgotten that he was kind of famous. It's lampshaded late in the book, when Fran is talking to Larry trying to remember who sang "Baby Can You Dig Your Man" and says the name's on the tip of her tongue. [[OldShame Larry lies that he can't remember either.]]* ChildhoodFriends: One of Larry's bigger regrets is how his selfish attitude ruined his relationship with a childhood friend. He goes into some detail not only about how trivial the argument was, but what a good friend he had had.%%* HeroicSacrifice%%* IgnorantOfTheCall* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[PhraseCatcher He ain't no Nice Guy]].%%* TheLancer%%* MrViceGuy* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: WordOfGod says Larry Underwood is an expy for BruceSpringsteen, and he looks the part in the {{miniseries}}. King even said many fans wanted Springsteen to play Larry in any movie adaptation. %%* PassingTheTorch* RunningGag: People are surprised that Larry is white because apparantly he "sounds black" on the song "Baby Can You Dig Your Man."* WhatTheHellHero: He asked Nadine to leave Joe/Leo behind because he was dangerous and unpredictable. He was also a traumatized kid.

!! '''Glendon Pequod "Glen" Bateman'''-> Glen was a sociologist and novice painter before the Superflu. When he meets Stu, he is living on his own with an adopted dog, Kojak. He loves to speculate on the post-flu future, and gives Stu and others good advice about the new Boulder government.

%%* AuthorOnBoard* BigBrotherMentor: To Stu.%%* CoolOldGuy* DefiantToTheEnd: His CrowningMomentOfAwesome.* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When he finally meets Randall Flagg, Glen proceeds to taunt and mock him. Flagg becomes so outraged at Glen that he orders Lloyd to execute him.%%* EccentricMentor%%* LuddWasRight* {{Mondegreen}}: In the miniseries, when we first meet him, Glen mondegreens "Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?".%%* OnlySaneMan%%* ThePhilosopher* TheProfessor: "Not anymore, Larry. In case you haven't noticed, school is out."* ShutUpHannibal: To [[spoiler:Flagg]]. He ''laughs'' him [[DefiantToTheEnd out of the room]]!

!! '''Kojak'''-> Formerly known as Big Steve, Kojak is one of the few dogs to survive the Superflu. He is very smart and fiercely loyal to his new owners, to the point of fighting wolves and running across half the country to be with them.

%%* {{Badass}}%%* CanineCompanion* ADayInTheLimelight: Kojak's [[spoiler: journey across the United States to Boulder]] told from the dog's perspective.* {{Determinator}}: Due to UndyingLoyalty.%%* HeroicDog%%* UndyingLoyalty

!! '''Tom Cullen'''-> Tom was born lightly mentally retarded, only able to make certain connections normal people find easy by putting himself in a state of near-hypnosis. He never had any friends until Nick found him lying in the road in his deserted hometown. Despite acting like a child, Tom is braver and smarter than people think.

* ActualPacifist: Is terrified at the first sign of violence, and even under hypnosis visibly starts at the suggestion he hurt someone else. [[spoiler: It never becomes an issue.]]* CatchPhrase: "M‑O‑O‑N, that spells [any word]", including illegal, ruptures, [=DeeDee=] Packalotte, tired, Stu Redman, sore feet, moon, Tom Cullen, trouble, and deafmute. He also theorizes that C-I-T-Y-L-I-M-I-T-S spells Boulder. Laws yes.* DisabilityImmunity: Flagg is unable to sense him, because of his retardation.* DisabilitySuperpower: Tom is especially susceptible to suggestion and is able to hypnotize himself to solve problems. %%* DumbIsGood%%* TheFool* GentleGiant: Tom is described as being both big and strong, but he wouldn't hurt a fly. (Though it is remarked in the book that once, and only once, a group of foolhardy young men from his hometown set upon him, perhaps just to harass the village idiot for a few laughs, with no real intentions of serious harm. Suffice to say the experiment did not fare well for the good ol' boys and was never repeated.)* HiddenDepths: He manages to creep the others out with them, under hypnosis.--> "I am God's Tom."%%* TheInfiltration%%* KindheartedSimpleton* {{Manchild}}: Tom is middle-aged but still enjoys playing with toys (he's mentally retarded). * MayorOfAGhostTown: He is the only surviving person in the town where Nick finds him.* OlderThanTheyLook: He is said to look no more than twenty-three; actually he's at least forty-five. It probably doesn't help that he acts like a kid.* ThirdPersonPerson: He often refers to himself as "Tom Cullen".* VerbalTic: Laws, yes.

!! '''Harold Emery Lauder'''-> Harold Lauder grew up in Ogonquit, Maine, as the fat kid whom nobody liked. He always had a crush on Frannie Goldsmith but never told her. Harold is extremely bitter and sees his new situation as a chance to get Frannie once and for all.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the book, Harold is described as being an overweight dweeb with bad acne. In the mini-series he is played by the slender and handsome Corin Nemec.%%* AlasPoorVillain* AntiquatedLinguistics: Harold affects a bit of this early on. It is specifically noted as being kinda pretentious, and something he's doing because he's scared.%%* AteHisGun* AuthorAvatar: Harold is an unpopular, bespectacled teen from southern Maine who is a literary geek, lusts after the girl next door, and wants to write the next great American novel. Wouldn't be the first time King turned his own expy [[spoiler:into the villain]]...%%* BigBadWannabe%%* BestServedCold%%* CovertPervert* CrazyJealousGuy: At one point he tells Frannie he loves her, but she rejects him. When Frannie and Stu become a couple, Harold's jealousy causes him to slide further towards the dark side. * ADateWithRosiePalms: At one point in the book he "masturbates bitterly" after reading Fran's diary and finding out about her affair with Stu.* EmbarrassingNickname: Harold "[[ADateWithRosiePalms Whack-Off]]" Lauder.* EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler:After Harold's heel turn]], everyone comments on his newfound charisma and self-esteem.%%* FaceHeelTurn* {{Geek}}: Possibly inspired by King's own awkward youth. * IgnoredEpiphany: Harold has a moment when the camaraderie he shares with his coworkers makes him see that all the {{Wangst}}y bullshit he's been carrying around since high school is just that: bullshit. He resolves to give up his plan [[spoiler:to betray the Free Zone]] and settle down. [[spoiler:Then Nadine seduces him on orders from Flagg, and things go downhill from there...]]%%* InferioritySuperiorityComplex * InSeriesNickname: He recieves the nickname "Hawk" in Boulder. He first thinks it's a bad joke, the he realizes it's serious and people actually respect him. [[spoiler:He signs his suicide note as Hawk.]]%%* InsufferableGenius* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: "My name is Harold Emery Lauder. I do this of my own free will."* ManChild: Harold is very intelligent, but quite immature for his age.* MaskOfSanity: Harold wears it in Boulder. It gives him a reputation as a back-slapper but rings alarm bells for the more perceptive Boulder residents.* MeaningfulName: [[FunWithAcronyms Harold E. Lauder]]%%* TheMole%%* MostWritersAreWriters%%* NietzscheWannabe* NotGoodWithRejection: Harold, once Frannie picks Stu, despite the fact he'd been deluding himself into believing he had a chance with her.* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: [[spoiler:See AlasPoorVillain and {{Wangst}}.]]* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:Harold, who realizes he ''can'' make a new and better life for himself in Boulder, chooses to settle all of his childish grudges instead.]]* SayMyName: "My name is Harold Emery Lauder."%%* TheSmartGuy%%* SmugSnake%%* StalkerWithACrush* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: Harold becomes one when he reads Frannie's diary.]] When he starts up the practice, many characters start to comment on how cheery he's become. Oh, if only they knew...** It doesn't fool everybody. Nick refuses to give him a place on the council in Boulder because he thinks there's something unsettling and fake in his constant grinning and glad-handing. Mother Abagail doesn't like him, either. %%* TheUnfavourite* {{Wangst}}: Harold's bitterness over being picked on throughout his school years and his inability to just get over it ends up with [[spoiler:him falling to TheDarkSide.]] After realizing how accepted he's become in Boulder, he realizes that holding on to his old grudges is stupid and pathetic and resolves to change... but then, [[spoiler:along comes Nadine.]] [[invoked]]%% In-work reference (note above). The miniseries bit is YMMV. * WildCard: Harold refers to himself as this, and seems to embody the trope. [[spoiler: This proves bad for the people of Boulder]] and is also hinted [[spoiler:to be the reason why Flagg takes him down after he does his job.]]* {{Yandere}}: At the beginning, to Frannie.* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Once he's done his job in Boulder and then escorted Nadine through the mountains, Flagg leaves a convenient oilslick in the road for him.]]

!! '''Nadine Cross'''-> Nadine has had dreams of the BigBad, Randall Flagg, since college. She is his promised wife and mother of his child. By the time Larry finds Nadine, she is desperate to find someone to tear her away from Flagg's spell over her, whether it is Larry or Joe.

%%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica.* CompositeCharacter: Rita Blakemoor is rolled into Nadine's character in the miniseries.* DisneyVillainDeath[=/=]DrivenToSuicide[=/=]DyingMomentOfAwesome: She doesn't save anyone, and she doesn't take anyone with her (well, [[FetusTerrible one person]]), but she does something still profound; ''she rattles Randall Flagg''.%%* FaceHeelTurn* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Nadine Cross spent her life believing she had to save her virginity for DreamWeaver Flagg, who is revealed to be an expy for TheAntichrist. When she falls in love with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Larry]] instead, she initially rebuffs his advances, then desperately asks him to sleep with her (after he has fallen in love with someone else) to break her commitment to Flagg. When [[FriendOrIdolDecision Larry refuses]], Nadine falls in with Flagg. (see Ignored Epiphany below.)* KirkSummation: Deliberately done to anger Flagg. [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]].%%* LockedIntoStrangeness* MeaningfulName: Nadine [[RuleOfSymbolism Cross]]* MysticalWhiteHair: Nadine's hair supernaturally turns white due to contact with Randall Flagg. %%* TheMole* ParentalSubstitute: To Leo/Joe.%%* RapeAsDrama%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath%%* VirginSacrifice

!! '''Joe/Leo Rockway'''-> Leo was still a kid when the Superflu hit. When Nadine found him, he was sick from an infected rat bite. When she nursed him back to health, he was unable to speak, dressed only in his underpants and carried around a knife the way most kids carry around teddy bears. She named him Joe for lack of a better name.

* ChildProdigy: He's able to play the guitar after hearing Larry ''once''.* CreepyChild: He has some psychic powers which allow him to "know things".%%* KnifeNut* MoralityChain: For Nadine.* OrphansOrdeal: After his family's death he nearly died of infection, and was so traumatized he stopped talking and carried a knife all the time. Nadine becames his ParentalSubstitute [[spoiler: but it doesn't end well]]. In the end, he's adopted by Larry and Lucy.* PsychicPowers: He seems to have a little telepathy, and he instantly knows [[spoiler: there's something wrong with Harold]]. %%* TraumaInducedAmnesia%%* TroubledChild* TheVoiceless: When we first meet him. He gets his voice back when he meets Mother Abagail.* WildChild (in the "feral child" sense)

!! '''Dayna Jurgens'''-> Dayna was traveling with other survivors when they were attacked by a group of rapists. Her friends were killed and she was the group's plaything until the day she and the other girls, along with Stu and Frannie's group, were able to overthrow them. Dayna is fiercely loyal and independent.

%%* ActionGirl* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Dayna kills herself to prevent Flagg from torturing her for information. That he could not stop or predict this ''really'' rattles him]].* BiTheWay: Sue Stern offhandedly mentions that Dayna is bisexual; Stu is flabbergasted.* TheDogBitesBack: When Stu's group encounters the rapists, she leads the women in a revolt against them. She later reveals they were waiting for a group, preferably one with ''guns'', to find them before they moved.%%* TheInfiltration%%* RapeAsBackstory%%* VasquezAlwaysDies

!! '''Lucy Swann'''-> Lucy met and fell in love with Larry offscreen. She sees the best in him and tries to help him do the same.

!! '''Rita Blakemoor'''-> Rita was the wife of a rich man and never had to do anything herself until the Superflu hit. She met Larry in New York City and latched on to him. She can't deal with the horrors around her and depends on Larry heavily for support.

%%* BrokenBird%%* ChristmasCake%%* CollegeWidow%%* DrivenToSuicide* EscortMission: The [[spoiler:[[BeneathTheEarth Lincoln Tunnel]]]]* FunctionalAddict: In the miniseries this is given to [[CompositeCharacter Nadine]].%%* MayDecemberRomance%%* StuffedIntoTheFridge%%* WidowWoman

!! '''Richard Theodore Farris'''-> Also known as [[TheJudge Judge Farris.]] He is a wise old man with a thirst for adventure.

%%* AsTheGoodBookSays%%* BadassGrandpa* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: He's usually called "Judge".%%* TheInfiltration%%* TheJudge* JumpedAtTheCall: Accepts Larry's request (to act as a spy against Flagg) even before Larry can ask him, and shoots down Larry's attempts to talk him out of it. He knows full well what the risks and potential consequences are, but dammit, he's doing what he feels is right.* RaceLift: Is played by Ossie Davis in the miniseries. In the novel, the Judge mentions growing up as part of a wealthy family in the 1930's, almost certainly placing him as white.%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure%%* SacrificialLion

!! '''Susan Stern'''-> Susan was with Dayna in the group of girls gathered by rapists as playthings. She later was on the Free Zone Committee.

* TheArtifact: Susan seems to belong to the Boulder Free Zone committee [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only so that Fran Goldsmith isn't the only female member.]] Her only roles in the story include sharing dialogue and scenes with Dayna Jergens to display their friendship and finding a bitch for Kojak to mate with. She was one of the characters King struggled with during the hiatus whilst he was writing the book which led to...%%* DroppedABridgeOnHer%%* MauveShirt[[/folder]]

[[folder:Las Vegas]]!! '''Randall Flagg'''-> Randall Flagg, called The Dark Man, Legion, The Walkin' Dude, is the ultimate evil. He is the servant of the Devil himself. He haunts Superflu survivors' dreams and gathers an army of insane or frightened people to him. His smile can drive a man insane and he crucifies those who oppose or fail him.

* TheAntichrist or an archetype thereof* BadBoss: He keeps his citizens motivated and behaved by public ''crucifixions'' for people that give him any trouble or commit crimes as tame as recreational drug use.%%* BigBad* CanonImmigrant: Into and out of [[CanonWelding various works]].%%* TheCorrupter* CreepyCrows: A crow is Flagg's preferred shapeshifted form.* DarkMessiah: He seems to be this when he gets society back on its feet, though the Messiah part [[SubvertedTrope falls through]] when it's implied that, should his side win, everything will just...end.* DreamWeaver. He's the opposite end to Mother Abigail, causing nightmares for those who would side with her and comforting dreams for those that would fall under his camp.* TheDrifter: They don't call him "The Walkin' Dude" for nothing.%%* EvilCannotComprehendGood* EvilCounterpart: to Mother Abagail* EvilOverlord: of [[{{Mordor}} Las Vegas]]. He missed a couple items in the [[EvilOverlordList checklist]].%%* EvilSorcerer* {{Expy}}: Of [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]. A shapeshifter who goes by many, many, MANY names, is impossibly old, and loves to manipulate people just for the hell of it? Yep, sounds like him.%%* FauxAffablyEvil%%* FlyingDutchman%%* ForTheEvulz* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The ball of electricity]].* HotAsHell: ''{{Subverted}}'', as everyone who meets him is more frightened of him than attracted to him. Though Flagg seems to have developed a dark magnetism over the course of the story.%%* HumanoidAbomination* IHaveManyNames: And many of them begin with the initials R.F.** As Glen Bateman says to Flagg's men: "His name is Randall Flagg, also known as The Dark Man, also known as The Tall Man, also known as The Walkin' Dude. Don't some of you call him that? Call him Beelzebub, because that's his name, too. Call him Nyarlathotep and Ahaz and Astaroth. Call him R'lyeh and Seti and Anubis. [[IAmLegion His name is legion]] and he's an apostate of Hell and you men kiss his ass."* KneelBeforeZod: Flagg is particularly prone to doing this.-->"For a favor of this magnitude, I really think you ought to get down on your knees."%%* LargeHam%%* ManipulativeBastard* NoodleIncident: He's identified with Mother Abagail's brother Richard; nothing is ever made of it.* ObviouslyEvil: It's interesting that half of the remaining population would want to live with Flagg. It helped that he [[FauxAffablyEvil could pass for an affable figure]] before he started to decompensate and, well, the TrainsRunOnTime.* PerpetualSmiler: He has a wide grin on his face all the time, [[SlasherSmile and it scares the hell out of everyone.]]* PowerFloats: His introductory scene shows that he discovered that he suddenly can do magic, and he floats above the road for a few minutes.%%* {{Shapeshifter}}* ShutUpKirk: To Whitney Horgan. It comes [[HoistByHisOwnPetard back to bite him]], though.* SmugSnake: Flagg spends a lot of time smirking and doesn't do much to prevent setbacks in his "plans".%%* UnexplainedRecovery* VillainousBreakdown: A few different times, including after he learns Trash has blown up his air force, Dayna kills herself, he realizes Tom has escaped and when Trash shows up with the nuke at the end. The irony here is that, until the nuclear warhead goes off, Flagg's position is actually not significantly affected by any of these events. Losing the jets at Indian Springs is a pain in the ass, but he can go rolling into Boulder with an armored column in the spring, Dayna only knows that Tom is the other spy and Tom doesn't actually ''know'' anything. Flagg even realizes this. But he ''wants'' to destroy Boulder as soon as possible, and he should be able to get what he wants. The people of Vegas start slipping as things go wrong, because Flagg's entire appeal is his omniscience and omnipotence. %%* VillainousDemotivator* YouHaveFailedMe: Poor, poor Bobby Terry.** As well as Hector Drogan, crucified (literally) for [[DisproportionateRetribution drug use]].

!! '''Lloyd Henreid'''-> Lloyd was a small-scale criminal until he met a fellow jailbird, Poke. Together they went on a killing spree until they were eventually caught and Poke was killed. Lloyd is trapped in jail when the Superflu hits and becomes Flagg's right hand man when he is rescued.

* AntiVillain: While he can commit some very bad crimes, he's really nothing more than a child in a man's body. He follows Flagg only because the guy saved him from starvation, and even then [[spoiler: he begins to doubt him when his plans start to crumble.]]%%* BeleagueredAssistant%%* BookDumb%%* BoxedCrook%%* DealWithTheDevil* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When Lloyd tells Flagg that Tom Cullen escaped, Flagg becomes enraged and attacks Lloyd for not telling him sooner. Lloyd then becomes angry himself and yells that he ''did'' try to tell Flagg, but Flagg wouldn't listen. Surprisingly, Flagg calms down and ''doesn't'' kill Lloyd for his insolence.%%* TheDragon* ImAHumanitarian: Lloyd is in prison during the Superflu, and when he doesn't get food any more because all of the guards have died, he resorts to eating from the leg of one of his fellow prisoners.%%* IOweYouMyLife%%* MyMasterRightOrWrong* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: In fairness, this was a survival-motivated event, since he was in jail when the plague hit.* PetTheDog: Lloyd's affection for Dinny, a four-year-old boy in the Las Vegas camp.* ReducedToRatburgers: Lloyd kills a rat in the prison, and hoards it in "just in case". He eventually eats it, leaving nothing but the bones and the tail (he tries to eat the latter, but it's too tough).%%* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere* SmokingHotSex: Well, there's smoking.* TooDumbToLive: At first. He [[DumbassNoMore gets over it]], for the most part.%%* UndyingLoyalty

!! '''Trashcan Man'''-> Donald Merwin Elbert, nicknamed Trashcan Man because of his childhood habit of burning trash cans, is a pyromaniac of the first order. All he wants is a place where he can blow things up unmolested. He fits right in with Flagg's crowd and becomes undyingly loyal to Flagg.

* BerserkButton: "Hey Trash, what' did old lady Semple say when you burned her pension check?"* BlessedWithSuck: His pyromania and hallucinations made him an outcast in pre-Virus society, but it also gave him a sixth sense for finding weaponry post-Virus.* {{Determinator}}: You might say he never [[spoiler:[[IncrediblyLamePun flagged in his]]]] determination.''* EmbarrassingNickname: Originally, though the erstwhile Donald Merwin Elbert eventually comes to accept and even embrace that name as his true identity.%%* EverythingIsBetterWithExplosions* EvilCounterpart: To Tom Cullen%%* FreudianExcuse* GogglesDoNothing: They don't help with radiation induced blindness and hair loss.%%* GollumMadeMeDoIt%%* IdiotSavant* IOweYouMyLife ''"My life for you!"''%%* MadBomber* MadnessMantra:** "Ciiiii-a-bola, bumpty-bumpty-BUMP!"** "MY LIFE FOR YOU!" in the miniseries.%%* ManChild%%* MinorInsultMeltdown* MrFixit: Too bad he's working for Flagg.%%* PyroManiac* RapeAsDrama: Involving a revolver, no less.* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Trash's]] plans to redeem himself by seeking the [[spoiler:[[DeusExNukina Big Fire]]]] to destroy the people of Boulder.%%* UndyingLoyalty%%* VerbalTic* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Trashcan Man]] proves to be the ultimate instrument of destruction after he [[GollumMadeMeDoIt finally snaps]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Flagg feels sorry for him]] and wants him painlessly executed...[[invoked]] %% In-work reference, this trope is only marginally YMMV

!! '''The Kid'''

* AdaptedOut: Actually happened to The Kid ''twice''. He appeared in King's original manuscript, and was one of the major things taken out when Doubleday "requested" that King make cuts (although he ''does'' appear in a limited fashion; the book mentions that while walking to Vegas, Stu, Larry, Glen and Ralph find the corpse of a man strangling a wolf). He was back for the "Complete and Uncut" edition, and was nowhere to be seen in the miniseries.* TheAlcoholic: He drinks constantly, and always has at least a case of Coors with him.* AmericanAccents: He has a Louisianan accent.%%* AxCrazy* CatchPhrase: "You believe that happy crappy?" and "Don't tell me, I'll tell you."* CoolCar: He has a tricked out Deuce Coupe.* DomesticAbuser: To the Trashcan Man during Trashy's brief stint with him on the road.%%* FanOfThePast* ForTheEvulz: His motivations in a nutshell is that everything he does is for the hell of it.* {{Greaser Delinquents|}}: He's straight out of the 50's, and it helps that [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed he really is straight out of the 50's]].%%* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname* LastStand: [[spoiler: The discovery of his body reveals that he not only shot several of the wolves surrounding him, but managed to strangle the one that killed him.]]* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: WordOfGod is that he's Charles Starkweather.* PsychoForHire: He reveals that before Captain Tripps, he was a wheelman who included smuggling in his repertoire. His personality is what completes the trope.* RevolversAreJustBetter: His pair of .45's loaded up with dum-dums.* TheStarscream: He intends to get to Las Vegas, scope out the situation, kill Flagg, and take over for himself. [[spoiler:Too bad he never got there.]]* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He is obsessed with Coors. It's even plot-relevant, as he chooses to drive through Colorado just to pass the Coors brewery in Golden.* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Almost does this to Trash a few times. [[spoiler:Implied that Flagg brought him into the picture so that he could rescue the much more faithful and useful Trashcan Man from the Kid]], bringing this trope in [[InvokedTrope as the logical conclusion]].

!! '''The Rat-Man'''

* AdaptationExpansion: Was given a little more to do in the miniseries, even appearing for a cameo before the plague hit.%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: He's a pirate gangster.%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad%%* APirate400YearsTooLate%%* ScaryBlackMan

!! '''Julie Lawry'''

%%* BitchInSheepsClothing%%* ChekhovsGunman* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite the the fact that she ReallyGetsAround. Julie considers the Rat-Man too creepy even for her to sleep with.* JailBait: It isn't made clear if she is legal but she is described as having acne and poorly thought out aspirations, much like a BrattyTeenageDaughter.%%* [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Woman-Child]]%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad%%* ReallyGetsAround%%* SweaterGirl%%* WomanScorned

!! '''Barry Dorgan'''

%%* KnightTemplar%%* NobleBigotWithABadge%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad* YankTheDogsChain: He does this to Trash.

!! '''Whitney Horgan'''

%%* HeelFaceDoorSlam* OnlySaneMan: He is the only one to see what a monster Flagg is and tries to stop him.%%* PunchClockVillain%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath%%* SedgwickSpeech%%* TeamChef[[/folder]]

[[folder:Project Blue]]

!! '''Specialist Charles D. Campion'''-> A gate guard at Project Blue Campion is PatientZero for the virus and unwittingly spreads it to the rest of the world.* PatientZero: Technically he isn't the first person infected, but he is the one who spreads it to the outside world.

!! '''General William "Billy" Starkey'''-> The commanding officer of Project Blue and the man initially in charge of the military coverup.

* BaldOfEvil: In the miniseries where he is played by Creator/EdHarris.* CryForTheDevil: The things he does are terrible but he is presented as broadly sympathetic figure trying to cope with an absolutely impossible situation.* DrivenToSuicide: Kills himself after it becomes clear the virus is out of control.* WarriorPoet: He studied WB Yeats in college and quotes ''Literature/TheSecondComing'' as things go from bad to terrible.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the book he's last 'seen' onpage talking over the radio to one of his officers in LA during the last days of the plague. It is very possible he died of the superflu but notably he gives no indications of being sick even at this very late stage, leaving his fate a mystery (the miniseries implies he will contract the flu).